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We enjoyed a short drive up a small road to a little town called San Juan de la Costa; a mining town that could easily be called Trona-by-the-sea. The journey was the destination anyway as we just were taking a scenic drive. I did take my tablet so Iwas able to take a few photos to upload. Spent the ...

... Paz. Mom heads back from breakfast while we disembark. When we get off, there's a Mariachi band playing right on the dock with a bunch of booths set up with Mexican crafts, souvenirs, t-shirts, etc. They even have a bar set up there with $1.50 beer. I didn't think Mom even knew about this but we have no way to tell here what she's missing so off we go. We get into LaPaz a bit after 9am after traveling through a mostly industrial area. ...

We got up early this morning and headed out. We had the anchor up and we were moving by 0645. This was partly because the spot where we ended up wasn't a destination of any sort and partly because it was still a bit rolly. Los Muertos promised to be a place to hang out and take it easy so we figured we might as well get going.

Even with a bit of wind the night had proved too warm for either of us ...

... thing I find about driving abroad is not knowing when you need to give way at junctions.

I don't mind driving on the "wrong" side of the road, especially in a left hand drive car. After spending 2 weeks driving a manual car in Spain, it took me a week to stop trying to wind down the window rather than change gear when we got home.

I remember two things about driving in Germany, as a child with my parents. One was when Mum was ...

... 8220;You looking for a bribe, a mordita?” Of course, no reply with two of us present (one as witness). His face tells us we have the psychological upper hand and with a resigned look he waves us on. I’m sorry, we are not in the business of subsidizing poorly paid cops with outrageous bribes because the government of a country can or will not pay decent salaries. Paying bribes just exacerbates the problem and ultimately helps no one. We have only ever once paid a bribe in ...